Netflix -you got it, what do you watch?

we watch TV shows with the disks and then bad movies on instant-watch. We just finished The Wire which was aaaaaawesome...for those 6 of you who hadn't seen it yet.

Also, we got our first disc of a movie last night and watched Hot Tub Time Machine. Pretty, pretty, pretty good.

On the recommendation of Carny and BigGuy, we just started watching Louie, season 1.

I've got about 100 movies in queue for Watch Instantly, the trouble is that about 95 are in the, "eh, if I can't find anything else to watch..." category. Netflix is really making a push to become a primarily online content provider, but some of the movies that they've been adding make me question the sanity and taste of some of the people calling the shots.

The Human Centipede is streaming. It's a heart-warming story about a boy and his dog. Watch it with the entire family.

I'm also finally getting around to watching the Battlestar Galactica series from a few years back (available for streaming). Still on the first season, and really enjoying it.

I'm also catching old episodes of Arrested Development that I somehow missed or have forgotten, and Current Wife is looking forward to catching Damages after only seeing a couple of episodes a year or so ago.

Many seasons of "Top Gear"

Yes, it's great for bad movies. I don't feel like it was a waste when I don't have to mail the dvd back and wait for something else.

Good tv shows on instant play:

IT Crowd

30 Rock

The Office

This American Life

Dr. Who

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Louie (b/c my dvr seemed to refuse to record it for me!)

Penn & Teller's Bullshit

Dexter

Weeds

Parks & Recreation

Some movies I watched and wouldn't have gotten on dvd:

Penelope

Ballet Shoes

Gigantic (loved this movie)

buffalobill wrote:

They should put Mad Men on instant. Anybody know if there's a way to watch old seasons without getting the DVD's?

You can purchase on iTunes and maybe Amazon digital, but not sure how those prices compare to the DVD's. I will say that we got rid of cable, but purchased the season pass of Mad Men. With each episode you get a 2-5 minute "behind the scenes" video, which has interviews with the cast and writer/producer about that particular episode.

SpongBob Squarepants Seasons 1,2 &3 . (Instant)

Fat Actress (LOVE Kirstie Alley) (Instant)

That's So Raven Seasons 1,2,3,&4 (Instant)

Man v. Food Seasons 1,2,&3 (Instant)

Wait, Louie a kids' show? If you've only seen the flashback episode to when he was a kid, they aren't all like that. Well, they are all awkward and dark, but not from the perspective of a kid.

From the Adult Swim lineup I like: Family Guy, Robot Chicken, , King of The Hill and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

The Netflix release date wasn't until FEBRUARY! That's just absurd. They need to get their new releases listed and available when they actually go to video. I don't understand the delay.

Netflix has agreements with several studios in place: in return for releasing a movie 28 days after it's released in stores, that studio will allow Netflix to stream a significantly larger number of their movies and newer releases on-line. It's actually a really smart business move for Netflix.

Nearing the end of Season 4 of the Wire. Where the hell has Jimmy McNulty gone? He has like 10 seconds of screen time in each episode.

Say, a question for all ~ how was ''V For Vendetta'' received in Brooklyn?

Oh, another small-ish movie that I liked - It's Kind if a Funny Story. It's a nice, understated (but not boring) flick. Based in Brooklyn. Oh, and surprisingly, it shows that Zach Galifianakis can act - he plays a mental patient, yet it's the straightest role that I've seen him in.